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Raising Backyard Turkeys: All Grown Up
Remember when they were this big? Well now they’re this big: I can’t even believe it. They’re HUGE. Christmas {white, female} is the more affectionate of the two. She comes running over to me and has a...
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Raising Backyard Pigs: Thy Name is Mud
Let me tell you something- this little lady {and by “little” I mean 200+ lbs} looooooves mud. When it’s hot out: lays in a cool mud hole. When it’s rainy out: runs around happily because yay more mud!...
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Raising Backyard Chickens: Butchering
Jen and Trevor bravely offered to help us butcher our 10 remaining meat chickens. They have some experience with this from their time working on a farm in Washington, and we were really grateful to...
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Raising Backyard Chickens: Eggs!
Our layers laid their first eggs! They’re so small, they fit side by side in the palm of my hand. We’re going to need about 8 more before we can make an omelet….But we’re so proud of our girls!! Nice...
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Raising Backyard Pigs: Apple-y Treat!
We’ve discussed how Miss Piggy loves mud. But recently we discovered another love of hers: apple mush! After pressing cider, Mike dumped the leftover chewed-up apple pieces into her pen. Happy munching...
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October Harvest
The forecast was threatening a hard frost over the weekend, so we hustled up to the garden to pick the rest of the tomatoes, squashes, pie pumpkins and anything else that can’t handle temps below 25...
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Raising Backyard Pigs: Saying Goodbye
We gave our sweet Piggy-pig her last back-scratch and her last meal this morning. We told her how pretty she is one last time. We thanked her for being such a good pig, and for feeding us with her...
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Raising Backyard Pigs: Butchering
Well, here it is. The promised pig butchering post. Please be aware that the images in this post are upsetting–even to those of us that eat meat–and I encourage you to not look at this post if you...
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